Swainswick

Swainswick is a small village located 3 miles northeast of Bath in Somerset, England. The Brythonic prince Bladud was a swineherd at Swainswick before discovering healing mud at Bath which cured his leprosy; this miracle led to several more Britons migrating to the area and establishing the future towns of Swainswick and Bath. Swainswick was named for Sweyn Forkbeard, who stayed in Bath during his 1013 invasion of England, and it came to have 265 residents by the 2010s.